Apple did, Nintendo did. Sony hit it big with the Walkman, if they can be the ones to define the next cool consumer product they will do it. Question is will they be the one to define the next cool consumer product? I don;t think so. I also don't think the Playstation brand can do it. Playstation is established and it has its market niche alongside Xbox and Wii/DS. It had its heyday in PS2, and I don't see it ever being a massively dominant platform again.
They can return to profitability and success with some changes, but I don't think they've got the talent on board to return to being the cool consumer electronics company. And to be an outrageous success as a consumer electronics company you need the cool factor.
I wanna know how long Apple will have the cool factor. It can't last, but there don't seem to be any real challengers on the horizon.
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